Saturday, December 8, 2012

do they test your baby for hiv or aids when its born

do they test your baby for hiv or aids when its born?
i had my son 13 months ago. they tested me for hiv/aids when i was pregnant and it came back negative. would they test my son when he was born to see if he had it or any other things? i guess i also want to know if they test the baby's blood in general
Newborn & Baby - 4 Answers
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No, because if you don't have it then your baby wouldn't either..
2 :
No, If you don't have it then the baby doesn't have it. They will not check the baby for any sexual diseases they do that to the mother when they're pregnant(1st checkup). You can request it but it will cost $$$$$
3 :
No they don't, and they need your consent to do so.
4 :
Only if it is known that the baby was at any risk, ie if the mother is known to be HIV positive. If the mother is HIV positive they will generally test the baby for HIV within the first couple of weeks of birth, then in 3 months, and again in 6 months. A baby born to a HIV positive mother will be born with HIV antibodies which do pass through the blood stream, although the HIV virus does not pass. It is for this reason the HIV test done on the child not be an elisa test as this test checks for HIV antibodies, naturally the results will show positive for the first year or so of the childs life. After a while the HIV antibodies passed to the child by the mother realize that there is not HIV virus in the child to fight and will naturally die off. So after 18 months they will retest the child to make sure there are no longer antibodies present also, confirming the child is HIV negative.

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

hi i hav to make a case study on hiv/ aids patient.......frm where i'll get the patient

hi i hav to make a case study on hiv/ aids patient.......frm where i'll get the patient?
its a really interesting assignment and i hav to find information on aids.....i hav got the information but i hav to do a case study on an aids patient on net........ from where shall i get a patient?
STDs - 1 Answers
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hi...u hav to check some aids community.it's may help u.

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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Getting rid of HIV/Aids? Do you think it would work

Getting rid of HIV/Aids? Do you think it would work?
Put a permanent mark or something permanent on the person that is infected and it should be mandatory for everyone to get tested once a year like a check-up. If not you have to go to court. I know this type of thing should be private but some people or spreading it just because they have it.
Infectious Diseases - 6 Answers
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The mark thing reminds of what the Germans did to the Jews in WW2. That's a horrible idea. Makes me sick thinking about it. As for mandatory HIV/AIDS screenings every year for everyone, I think that's an okay idea but that would NEVER work. Who would pay for it? Would it be free for everyone? Even people without health care? (This question is kind of hurtful... be careful with what you say next time.)
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How about tattooing "I have AIDS" on their forehead? Is that the sort of thing you had in mind? We could put them all into camps as well, that would also stop the spread of the disease. Then, if the cure didn't work, and they were going to die anyway, we could say "why don't you take a shower?" and then when they were in the shower we could gas them!
3 :
Why not just execute them while you're at it? The tiny number of scum who intentionally infect others doesn't warrant marking people with a "scarlet letter" to advertise a horrific disease that many of them contracted through no fault of their own. And who would pay for billions of annual tests, and how would that be enforced?
4 :
How about u practice safe sex and dont share needles !? That way u are not at risk yourself ... easy...
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Regarding the title of this question, no. HIV is a family of highly mutagenic lentovirii, like the common cold (rhinovirii). They replicate so fast, curing one strain is meaningless because by the time you've developed that cure, 5 more strains have sprung up to fill the void. The only legitimate method of controlling HIV outbreaks is to influence the human factors that lead to their propagation. Executing people with HIV or giving them a mandatory branding is absurdly inefficient, because it just stops people from going to get checked up. Unless you plan to have the cops arrest everyone (bogging down not only the police, but the courts and judicial system as a whole), there's no point even trying to enforce the law. Not to mention that's against the Bill of Rights.
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Everyone is attacking you for this question, and that's not right, because I see that you have good intentions, however what you are suggesting is unethical, and probably would not even get rid of the infection. No one deserves AIDS, but some people do it to themselves. The people who had unprotected sex, or shared needles, etc are already paying the price by being diagnosed with this disease. They don't deserve anything worse. Wrongly, HIV/AIDS is associated with drug users, prostitutes, etc.. but what about the people who have the virus, but don't use or have unprotected sex? For example, how about a doctor who was treating an AIDS patient, and the patient coughed up blood on them while they were giving a test, and they contracted the virus. Do they deserve to be stereotyped for this? People shouldn't be labeled by anything. Skin color. Ethnicity. Medical conditions included. This virus is something that our society should learn to accept, but right now, most people don't, therefore the people with it should not be considered any different than people without it. They should be self conscious of their condition and try their absolute hardest to keep their virus to themselves, and not spread it to anyone else. However, nothing makes these people inferior. It's a disease, whether they did it to themselves or not. I respect you for your idea, and your wanting to help, but think of how it would feel to have a permanent mark on your skin, defining you by a disease. I know I wouldn't like that.

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